Clauses Of The Editor
•The clause from the editor's code of practice that ‘The Daily Express’ broke was ACCUARCY.
•The Accuracy clause states that the press must take care not to publish inaccurate, misleading or distorted information, including pictures. And if this occurs and is recognized it must be corrected promptly and an apology may be published.
•It is difficult to prove that ‘The Daily Express’ broke defamation laws, as we still don’t know what happened to Madeleine.
What Happened?
•My case study is about the missing toddler Madeleine McCann and how her parents Kate and Gerry McCann are threatening to take legal action to scale back coverage on ‘The Daily Express’.
•They are threatening to take legal action towards ‘The Daily Express’ because Kate and Gerry McCann had stated that the ‘The Daily Express’ has ruined there reputation by printing detrimental articles about them and thus slandering their name.
•Since March 2008 ‘The Daily Express’ has removed all references to the missing girl Madeline McCann from their website search engine. What’s more the most prolific paper in covering the McCann case - has also notably toned down its print coverage over the past few weeks. The paper has not splashed on Madeleine McCann for well over a fortnight. Prior to that, she was regularly the lead story since May 2007.
•Additionally readers who are searching on Madeline McCann on ‘The Daily Express’ website will struggle to find anything on her as they have removed everything on her, since the claim was made.
•‘The Daily Express’ is paying £550,000 to the parents of Madeleine McCann after it settled a libel case over the inaccurate articles that were written about Kate and Gerry McCann.
•‘The Daily Express’ is paying £550,000 to the parents of Madeleine McCann after it settled a libel case over the inaccurate articles that were written about Kate and Gerry McCann.
•The money that they have received will be going to the find Madeleine fund. They have claimed this money from the inaccurate articles that was written about Kate and Gerry McCann.
•Furthermore ‘The Daily Express’ was forced to make a public apology to the McCann’s.
•Kate and Gerry McCann stated that they were "pleased" after accepting £550,000 in damages over "grotesque and grossly defamatory allegations" published by national newspapers.
